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isotaphonomy

isotaphonomy noun: equal fossilization (or other fate) of organisms that are in the same environment.

Noun

isotaphonomy (uncountable)

  1. Equal fossilization (or other fate) of organisms that are in the same environment

Origin of isotaphonomy

From iso- + taphonomy.

Questions about isotaphonomy

What does isotaphonomy mean?
Isotaphonomy means equal fossilization (or other fate) of organisms that are in the same environment.
What part of speech is isotaphonomy?
Isotaphonomy is a noun.

Words near isotaphonomy in the dictionary

  1. isotacticity
  2. isotactoid
  3. isotanshinone
  4. isotanshinones
  5. isotaphonomic
  6. isotaphonomy
  7. isotaxy
  8. isotemnid
  9. isotemnids
  10. isotemporal
  11. isoteniscope

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